As a psychologically stable adult it is easy to see that the claims made by these adverts are nonsense, but they are not targeted at psychologically stable adults.
The three studies identified either did not employ an RCT design, participants had a cognitive impairment that was not specified according to the established criteria of MCI or the intervention that was evaluated was psychologically based but specifically targeted cognitive decline.
Gamification is a psychologically driven approach targeting motivation the desire and willingness to do something.
Unfortunately, law enforcement has not shied away from targeting psychologically vulnerable individuals and exploiting their conditions to land splashy prosecutions, as was documented in a 2014 report by Human Rights Watch and Columbia Law School's Human Rights Institute.
Psychologically focused preventative strategies specifically targeted anxiety (93% of teams), motivation (64%), coping (57%), and stress (50%).
Runaway and homeless children, who are often as young as twelve years old, are targeted by pimps who manipulate and control them, both psychologically and physically.
Charity "reformers" targeted charity itself, campaigning against the practice of giving to beggars and insisting that all forms of help be tied to work, or at least to psychologically redemptive make-work projects.
One former prisoner I met in the 93 explained that Islamists target the fragiles, psychologically weak inmates who never receive visits.
Pimps tend to target vulnerable girls and women, exploiting mental and emotional weakness to psychologically and physically control their victims.
Resilience training targets modifiable intra-personal skills and protective factors so as to increase an individual's hardiness for remaining psychologically and physically healthy (i.e., resilient) in the face of cumulative stress.
